Child&#39;s spring vehicle



March 5, 1929. FAGEQL 1,704,315

CHILDS SPRING VEHICLE Filed Aug. 9,. 1926 aw jam, 1m; calm TTORNEYS.

Patented Mar. 5, 1929.

UNITED. STATES ROLLIE B. FAGEOL, or Losnnentns, cALIronnIa.

CHILDS SPRING VEI IIC'LE.

Application filed August 9, 1926. Seria1Nox128J15.

This invention relates to a childs vehicle and particularly pertains to a vehicle of spring construction of the general type shown in a co-pending application filed by me March 8, 1926, entitled Spring vehicle and bearing the Serial Number 92,996.

It is the principal object of the present invention to provide a vehicle which may be used by children as an amusement device and which embodies the use of spring supporting means mounted upon a simple running gear which running gear may be readily manipulated to control the movement of the vehicle. i

The present invention contemplates the use of a running gear having a front steering wheel and a pair of rear supporting wheels, said gear being secured to a spring body member and a resilient steering member, the device being otherwise fitted with a resilient seat support. The invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a wow in plan showing the invention.

Figure 2 is a view in side elevation showing the vehicle with which the present invention is concerned.

Figure 3 is a view in vertical section through the steering wheel and its mounting, as seen on line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary view in side elevation showing a modified connection between the body member and the rear axle.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view in plan disclosing the body and rear axle connection as shown in Figure 2 of the drawing.

Referring more particularly to the drawand outward movement by fastening membars 14.

The rear axle is embraced and gripped at a point midway its length by a Ush aped bearing portion formed as a continuation of the end of the body bar 16 of the vehicle. The U-shaped portion 15 is slotted as indicated at 17 to accommodate a clamping bolt 18. The square shoulders of this belt fit into the upper part of the slot and the main body of the bolt passes down through the lower terminating end of the bar. By this simple expedient the bolt will be held against rotation andmay be securely tightened to cause the U-shaped clamping portion 15 to positively grip the axle. 10 and to prevent it rotating or having movement longitudinall of its axis. The body bar 16 is formed of spring material and ex tends upwardly and forwardly axle 10 in a long sweeping curve. The forward end of the body bar as here shown is bent upon itself to form a loop 19, the bar then continuing in a horizontal planeto pro 'Vlfltu a resilient support 20, upon which a seat 21 is secured by a bolt 22. At a oint directly in the rear of the loop 19 the body bar 16 is supported by the fork 23 of front steering wheel 24. Thisfork extends downwardly along opposite sides of the wheel 24, and receives a bolt 25 which passes through the hub of thewheel 24 as well as through openings in the arms of the fork 23. As more clearly shown in Figure 3 of the drawings, the horizontal portion of the fork is flat and connects with the side arms in a substantially square bend. The up er face of the fork rests against the under at face of the body bar 16. This face" is perforated to receive a king bolt 26 which ex tends downwardlythrough openings in the body bar 16 and the fork, and is held in position by lock nuts 27.

'Disposed between the side fork 23 is a steering bar 28.

arms of the ThlS bar 1s of a width to fit snugly between the arms of the fork and to be thus held by the king bolt 26 and its nuts 27. The steering bar 28 extends forwardlyand is then recurved over the loop 19 of the seat support-,as indicated at 29. The upper end of the steering bar may be arranged as desired, although in the present instance it is scrolled as indicated at 30 and terminates in an eye 31, which receives handle bars 32. The handle bars are made of a straight piece of metal as shown in Figure 1 of the drawing, and y by which the vehicle may be steered.

It will be understood that in some instances it may be found desirable to eliminate the fastening for the rear axle as shown in Figure 2 of the drawing and to ado 1'; an eye 33 which will embrace and rip t e axle 10 as shown in Figure 4 of the rawing. It will thus be seen that in the present strucsiderable enjoyment and amusement in mani nilating the vehicle and in setting its variousspr ng elements in motion.

\Vlnle 1 have shown the preferred form of myinvention, it will be understood that -various changes in the combination, coni struction-and arrangement of parts wheel mounted thereon, a wheel mg; the front axle on opposite wheel, a spring bar the opposite :ends thereof,

end of said they vehicle.

is comprising a lfell axle, wheels mounted wthe opposite ends thereof, front axle, awheel carried? thereby,

may be made by d ose skilled in the art withoutde- 3tl'1'tl1Tlg'Tf1UIR the spirit of the invention as claimed.

Having thusdescribed my invention, what I clainrand desireto secure by Letters Pat- ,LA device of i the i character described, comprising a rear axle, wheels mountedupon the opp0site;ends thereof, a front axle, a

fork engagsides of its secured to the rear axle, intermediate its ends and supported by the fork atits formrrduend, a king bolt pivotally eonnectingithe fork with said spring bar,

and a steering member connected with the fork and by which the forkmay be rotated around the king bolt, a seat for the vehicle, and a spring supporting bar for said seat i attached to the vehicle structure at a point adjacent the axle fork and adapted to extend rcarwardly to form a cantilever spring support for the seat.

QaA device of I the characterdescribed, comprising a real-axle, wheels mounted upon a front: axle, a wheel mounted thereon, a fork engaging the ,oppositeendsof thefront axle, a body struciture comprising a spring bar bent upon itself (to provide uppcixand lower leaves dis- POSQd in a vertical plane with the loop portiondthcreof extending forwardly over the forlqaneans.forseeuring the rear axle to the end-of said lowermost leaf of the spring; bar, means for pivotaily securing the forward lowermost leaf upon the axle fork, aseat carried upon the free end of the upper leaf of the spring bar, and means for turning the-front steering wheel to steer 3. A device of the character described,

upon

a [front wheel fork resilient body member 16 is person sitting ia-stride-the :cxtendmg {dlOIIgoOPPOSI EB sides 10f the i front a wl l and engaging the front-axle, said fork aiding vertically, a body structure for the vehicle comprising an arcuate spring Jar supported upon the fork atiits forward e d, and being deflected downwardly and i ardly to the rear axle, means for fastening said bar to the rear axle at a point intermediate the ends of said axle, a king bolt passing downwardly through an opening in the bar at its forward end and through the axle fork, whereby the fork may rotate around the vertical axis of said bolt, a seat barfornied as a continuation of said body bar, said scat bar extending; forwardly of the king pin and being bent in a loop to extend rea-rwardly and substantially horizontally, a seat mounted upon the free end of said bar andupon which a person may "sit while astride the body structure of the vehicle, and a tongue member extending between the arms of the fork and secured with relation thereto by the king bolt whereby the vehicle may be guided.

4s A device of the character described con'iprising a rear axle, wheels mounted upon the opposite ends thereof, a front axle. a

wheel mounted thereon, a steering fork, the arms of which extend downwardly along opposite sides of the front wheel and engage the front axle, a body member resting upon the top of the forkand extending rearwardly and doumwardlynto the rear axle, said body n'lelnber being formed of spring material, means for attaching the body member to the rear axle at a point intermediate the ends of the rear axle, a steering tongue extending forwardly from a pointibetween thearms of the fork and fitting therebetween, and a kin bolt extending vertically through the body bar, the fork and the steering tongue whereby the steering tongue and fork will be held rigidly with relation to each other and may swing around a vertical pivot with relation to the body bar.

5. A device of the character described, comprising a front wheel, an axle therefor,

an axle fork having arms which extend (.lownwardly along opposite sides of said wheel, and engageiithe axle, a rear axle of relatively longlength as compared witl'i the front axle, a wheel mounted on cachen d of said axle, a spring body bar extending rearwardly anddownwardly from a point above the front axle fork to the rear axle, said body her being looped at its rear end to embrace the. rearaxle at a point intermediate its ends, a'bolt forclampimi, the loop around the axle in a manner to hold the same, a spring;- bar for-medias a continuation 'ofsaid body bar and bent upwaji dlywund rearwardly upon the body bar, inrthe sameivertical plane therewith, a seat mounted upon;theifreeend of said spring bar extension for: supporting a iloopled spring bar structure, a-tongue-bar fitting betwcennthe ii L arms of the front axle fork, a king bolt extending downwardly through an opening in the body bar and fixed against rotation therein, said bolt also passing through openings in the fork and tongue bar whereby said fork and tongue may move in unison around the bolt, the tongue extending upwardly and rearwardly and terminating in handle bars by which it and the fork may be rotated around a vertical axis.

6. A device of the character described, comprising a rear axle, wheels mounted upon the opposite ends thereof, a front axle, a wheel mounted thereon, a wheel fork engaging the front axle, a body member coin rising a resilient bar bent upon itself to orin upper and lower arms each having free ends, m ans connecting the rear axle with the free end of the lower of said body arms, a scat carried upon the free end of the upper of said body arms, means pivotally connecting said body member with the fork for horizontal swinging movement, and a steering member connected with the fork.

7.1K device of the character described,

comprising a rear axle, wheels mounted thereon, a front axle, a wheel mounted thereon, a wheel fork engaging the front axle, a body member formed of flat stock resilient material bent upon itself to provide an upper leaf and a lower leaf, means connecting the rear axle to the lower leaf, a seat mounted upon the upper leaf, means pivotally connecting the axle fork with the body structure thus formed, and a steering member connected with the axle fork.

8. A device of the characwr described, comprising a rear axle, wheels mounted thereon, a front axle, a wheel mounted thereon, a wheel fork engaging the front axle, a body member formed of fiat resilient material and being connected at one end to the rear axle, and being recurved to form a resilient seat support, a seat carried thereon, a steering member disposed between arms of the fork and a king bolt passing through said steering member, the fork and the body member, to provide a pivotal mounting for the fiont axle.

ROLLIE B. FAGEOL. 

